Sorry Lauren, but lately, Pentax has been all about me. Me, me, me.
To my great surprise, they released two bodies that were nearly perfect for my needs (even tho' I didn't realize it in the case of the Brick), and even revised the K-30 when I said the shape of the grip hurt my hand. Why, they even listened when I wished they would do a Special Edition K-01 just to annoy people (sorry, I have a passive-aggressive streak
).
Seriously though, in the couple years that I've been following the whole FF thing, Pentax has gone from "we have no plans" to "we're looking at it" to "we're working on it". That's a pretty big change. Ever since they admitted they were working on it, the only estimates I've seen were 4th quarter 2013 at the absolute earliest, which didn't seem unreasonable considering Pentax usually takes 12-18 months for incremental improvements, and this is more of a new product line - and we surely wouldn't be satisfied if it only had a bigger sensor with Pentax' existing AF and video tech.
Meanwhile, with every press release and new product that
isn't a FF, every wild rumor from someone's cousin's boyfriend's roommate, there are howls of betrayal - even though it's not even 4th quarter 2013 and the signs are still that Pentax is working on it. I'm reminded of a Sunday School trip where one of the kids kept upping her game from "are we there yet?" to "you said it would take ten minutes" to "you said it would take two minutes" (it took three hours, and everyone said so from the start) (She was lucky it was a church group.
).
For the folks that need FF NOW, Pentax just doesn't have it. If you need it in six months, they
might have it. Twelve months, I'll go so far as to say "probably". But it won't be good enough, because we keep wanting more, faster.
But I'll ask them to hurry.